Category: Builbophyllum

This miniature, warm to cool-growing epiphytic orchid is found in Java, Sumatra, Bali, Borneo, the Philippines, and the Thai-Malaysian peninsula at elevations of 500 to 1200 meters. It has strongly four-angled, yellow pseudobulbs with a single, thin, oblong leaf. Blooming in summer, it produces a thin, wiry, semi-pendulous inflorescence, 7 to 11 cm long, bearing… Continue reading Bulbophyllum biflorum

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This medium-sized, hot to warm-growing epiphytic orchid is found in Borneo’s lowland and peat swamp forests at elevations up to 600 meters. It has creeping, pale yellow-green ovoid pseudobulbs with thick, leathery, cup-shaped leaves that trap debris. Blooming in spring and summer, it produces a 12 to 43 cm long pendant inflorescence with many beautiful… Continue reading Bulbophyllum beccarii

This hot to cool-growing epiphytic orchid is found in Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, and the Philippines at elevations of 100 to 1200 meters, often on mangrove trees. It has a creeping rhizome with dark olive, grooved pseudobulbs spaced 1 to 2 cm apart, each bearing a single purplish leaf. Blooming in early spring, summer, and… Continue reading Bulbophyllum auratum ‘White’

This hot to cool-growing epiphytic orchid is found in Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, and the Philippines at elevations of 100 to 1200 meters, often on mangrove trees. It has a creeping rhizome with dark olive, grooved pseudobulbs spaced 1 to 2 cm apart, each bearing a single purplish leaf. Blooming in early spring, summer, and… Continue reading Bulbophyllum auratum

This miniature, cool-growing epiphytic orchid is found in Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, and New Guinea at elevations of 1100 to 1800 meters. It has a branched, often hanging rhizome with pale green, curved pseudobulbs spaced 3 to 10 cm apart, each bearing a single, lanceolate-oblong leaf. Blooming from the rhizome, its inflorescence varies from 2 to… Continue reading Bulbophyllum augustifolium

This small, hot to cool-growing epiphytic orchid is found across Southeast Asia from sea level to 2000 meters. It has discoid pseudobulbs spaced 2 to 3 cm apart, each bearing a single, thick, elliptic leaf with a petiolate base. Blooming in fall, winter, and spring, it produces a 14 cm long inflorescence with up to… Continue reading Bulbophyllum apodum

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This small, hot-growing epiphytic orchid from Borneo thrives at elevations up to 300 meters. It has ellipsoid to orbicular pseudobulbs spaced 3 to 6 cm apart, each carrying a single elliptic to oblong leaf with a rounded tip. Blooming in summer, it produces a patent to somewhat pendulous inflorescence, 9 to 22 cm long, with… Continue reading Bulbophyllum anceps

This miniature, hot to warm-growing epiphytic orchid is native to the Andaman Islands, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, and Borneo, thriving in podosol forests up to 600 meters. It has globose to conical pseudobulbs, each with a slender, tapering leaf. Blooming from fall to late spring, it produces a basal, slender inflorescence up to 20 cm long,… Continue reading Bulbophyllum acuminatum